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Custom leatherwork THIS IS ANTWERP

Knife making combines many different techniques and requires working with different materials, wood, metal, leather, synthetics, bone, etc. As I make the leather sheaths for my knives myself, once in a while people ask me to design and do custom leatherwork. I just finished making 13...

The traveller, a drawn spec sheet by Daan Rosseels!

This neck knife is my most popular model. My good friend Daan Rosseels is a world class illustrator and made me this spec sheet as a gift, it's actually his own knife.  This model is from the first batch first I made, since then the...

The traveller in Oman

This is my traveller neck knife in Oman, I take this knife everywhere. Used it for cooking while I was wild camping in the deserts. Oman should be on your bucket list, rent a 4x4, load it up basic camping equipment, a gps, a shovel, lots...

Kiridashi obsession

[gallery ids="50702,50701,50703,50705,50707,50708,50709,50710"] Since a year or so, I have a bit of an obsession with the japanese kridashi knife. It's a small utility knife for craftsmen and artists like instrument builders, leather workers, sculptors, woodcarvers, etc...

Jade Petty knife in O1 steel

This is my favourite size for a kitchen knife. High carbon steel with a G10 jade handle. Overall length : 25 cm Length blade: 13 cm Thickness: 2 mm Steel: O1 ...

Sharpening service

Sharpening knives is an art! A lot of people struggle to sharpen their knives and get frustrated with it. Specialised equipment is very expensive and sharpening on a stone is extremely time consuming and difficult. As a knifemaker I've done a lot of research on...

— Gold is for the mistress – silver for the maid – copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade.”“Good!” said the Baron, sitting in his hall, “But iron – cold iron – is master of them all.” Rudyard Kipling

A BEAST is born

This is how a knife looks like after hardening, but before tempering the steel. This knife is the BEAST 2.0, This needs no explanation...

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